Update from September 2, 2014: The new version of the app is now live in the iTunes app store. To download/update, click here.

Here at When I Work, we’re committed to staying ahead of the game when it comes to designing apps that integrate seamlessly with your computer browsers and smartphones.

If you haven’t heard, Apple is about to release an update to the operating system that runs on the iPhone—from iOS 7 to iOS 8. It’s one of the biggest and most innovative updates Apple has ever developed—and it’s coming this fall.

To prepare, our developers have been hard at work completely redesigning the When I Work iPhone app. Like Apple, it will be our biggest update to date—and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you.

Exciting New Features

Here are a few big changes you’ll see in the new version of the When I Work app:

Overhauled user interface for iOS 7 & 8

Dashboards for employees and managers

Overhauled main schedule tab

New calendar controls

New way to switch between locations

New tabs and updated organization

Many other small tweaks and updates throughout the app!

Previews From The New App

We plan on releasing the update to our app in September. In the meantime, we wanted to give you an idea of what it will look like. Here are a few of the many new features you’ll see in the new app:

New Dashboards

New Calendar Views

New Location Picker

As mentioned, there are many other additions and updates to our app, but to experience them you’ll just have to download our update when it goes live in September!

Where To Go For Help

If you need help using the new app once it goes live, you have a few options:

How To Turn Off Automatic App Updates

As you may have noticed, iOS 7 gave users the ability to decide whether or not they want app updates to automatically download to their devices. If you do notwant your phone to automatically download new updates to apps like ours, from your main iPhone screen go into Settings, iTunes & App Stores and look for the “Updates” option below automatic downloads. Toggle the Updates option to the off position. When Updates is turned off, you will be required to go into the App store and manually choose which apps you wish to update.

Please also note: Version 3.2.5 of the app will remain available, but we are unable to make any further technical updates or bug fixes to that version. That being said, as mentioned above—you can always contact our Support team if you have any questions or need any assistance.

A Few Notes Worth Mentioning

A few final notes we wanted to share with you:

In order to download our updated app once it launches, you must be running IOS 7 on your iPhone. If you have not updated to iOS 7, do so today! Here’s a quick tutorial on how to make sure your software is up-to-date.

Some of our Android users may be wondering why we’re releasing an update to our iOS app before we release one for our Android app. When Apple gave us the option to start beta-testing iOS 8 last year, we determined that the current version of our app no longer worked on phones running on iOS 8. As a result, we were forced to immediately begin work on revamping our iOS app so that it would work for iPhone users by the time Apple released iOS 8. Thankfully, during this time our development team has still been able to continue working hard on an update to our Android app, and we look forward to releasing it to users in the very near future. Stay tuned!

Share The News!

Help us share the news about our update! Feel free to copy/paste any of the pre-crafted posts and share them with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, or via email:

When I Work is launching a redesigned employee scheduling app for iOS 7 & 8! Learn more here: http://bit.ly/1rT4gxf [Tweet this]

I’m excited to try the new version of the @wheniwork employee scheduling app when it comes in September! Preview it: http://bit.ly/1rT4gxf [Tweet this]

Hey bosses & managers! Want a better way to schedule? Try When I Work. They have a new version of their app coming: http://bit.ly/1rT4gxf [Tweet this]

Oh my god. This is great. I got iOS 8 (already) and finally I can use again your service. The new APP is AMAZING. Absolutely the best one. Congratulation, really. Very good job. Happy to be again your customer.

We’re in the trial version of the software right now and the app keeps crashing when we launch it. How will my employees know ‘when they work’ if they can’t access the app? They shouldn’t have to log into a site to access the info.

Hi Scott – sorry you are experiencing this issue! We have a fix to the crash but we are waiting on Apple to approve the release. We can get you setup on the new update right away if you email support@wheniwork.com and ask to be part of our TestFlight. This way you can install the update with the fix to the crash before it’s available in the App store.